William Carlisle Cross and Mrs. Mary Jane Ford

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Husband William Carlisle Cross ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 22 Jan 1823 - Butler Co, PA 5
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           Died: 1895
         Buried:  - Cross Cemetery, Clintonville, Venango Co, PA 6

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         Father: William Cross (Abt 1785-1861) 7 8 9 10
         Mother: Jane Weakly (Abt 1783-1862) 8 9

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Isabella Cummings (1828-1867) 1 5 - 20 Sep 1848 1 5

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Wife Mrs. Mary Jane Ford ^{5 11}

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - William Carlisle Cross

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With his father, he was engaged in the furnace business, jointly owning several furnaces in Venango County, Pennsylvania. He was for some time involved in the oil business on Oil creek, but being not altogether successful in that line, took up the mercantile calling until his death.

He served as treasurer of Venango County. [CAB, 603]

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 573.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 995, 996.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 518, 603.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 47.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 996.

6 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 99.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 356.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 995.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 517, 603.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 323.

11 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 252.